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gofer

/goh-fer/US // ˈgoʊ fər //UK // (ˈɡəʊfə) //

侍者,侍从,侍从官,侍应生

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Slang.

    • : an employee whose chief duty is running errands.

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Examples

  • I was the gofer guy who made $285 a week cleaning toilets.

  • Ichikowitz said he served between 1992 and 1994 as a glorified gofer for the African National Congress.

  • On her second day, Mimi was given one of the anonymous gofer tasks familiar to most interns.

  • "Henry Hill was a just a gofer," remembers veteran crime reporter Pileggi.

  • Dougherty got his start in the news business as a gofer on The Washington Post sports desk in the 1970s.

  • A relic of old times is found in the custom at Newark known as “Ringing for Gofer.”